Chapter 803

Chapter 803: Variables

After placing the treasure into his storage ring, Yi Chen continued his cultivation.

The Shadow King also returned to the Map of Mountains and Rivers to join Boses and Titan Bo in excitedly examining all the resources and treasures.

Their gains kept increasing.

Within the collection, there were vast amounts of treasures and materials capable of significantly boosting the strength and defense of level 240 strong fighters.

Without a doubt, these treasures and materials would eventually end up in their hands.

The reason was quite simple.

Although Yi Chen’s strength realm allowed him to use these resources and treasures, he could not use them for himself.

Meanwhile, the top geniuses of the Great Flame Empire were not yet at the level where they could utilize these treasures and resources.

Since it was just sitting there, Yi Chen, by his nature, would undoubtedly reward them.

They would thus leap to become the strongest members, second only to the leaders of the three races, with the most powerful treasures.

Even those leaders of large races likely did not possess as many exceptional resources and treasures as they would.

Because this time, they had directly captured over a hundred elder-level beings from the three major races.

…

“What? How is this possible?”

In the Tree Star Cluster, the Shadow Kings had the most presence.

Therefore, the Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe was also the first to receive the news.

Inside the massive defensive barriers, the Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe trembled all over, unable to believe what he was hearing.

The Great Elder and the Third Elder, leading a total of thirty-one elders, had been captured by the strongest member of humanity through a scheme.

This news was completely beyond his expectations.

If they had been captured through a combined effort of the Time Tribe and the Reincarnation Tribe, he would have felt angry and frustrated, but at least he could accept it.

To be captured through a scheme by the strongest member of humanity… It completely overturned his understanding.

He could hardly imagine the level of growth that strong member of humanity had reached.

After all, no matter how profound a scheme, it required matching strength to succeed.

A level 200 strong fighter could not defeat someone four or five major realms higher, no matter how intricate the trap.

Conversely, to set up a scheme that captured a team of over thirty Tree-Dwelling Tribe elders meant that this strongest member of humanity must possess the strength to easily defeat level 240 strong fighters.

What should I do?

The Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe had no clue; his mind was in chaos.

Yi Chen’s conditions, in his view, did not seem excessive; he even thought they were quite low.

He merely requested a batch of rare high-quality immortal materials as ransom.

Even though this included many treasures that could deepen understanding of the principles of heaven and earth and the power of the laws, as well as numerous exceptional materials that could enhance talent and speed up training.

But compared to thirty-one elders, more than fifty level 230 strong fighters, and over three hundred level 220 strong fighters, it was nothing at all.

He would agree to the ransom without hesitation.

The real focus lay in Yi Chen’s and the Great Flame Empire’s strength, which completely exceeded his expectations and imagination.

This thoroughly disrupted the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s expansion plans, creating significant uncertainties in their effort to unify the entire super star cluster, and even put the safety of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe at great risk.

One must know that this strongest member of humanity had suffered greatly under the oppression of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe during the star cluster outside their main region.

The relationship between the two parties was extremely poor.

Conversely, once this strongest member of humanity grew stronger, it was only natural that he would retaliate fiercely against the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.

The clueless Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe could only send someone to inform the other elders to discuss this matter.

Just over an hour later, except for the captured elders, the top one hundred elders gathered in the defensive barriers of the Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe through virtual images.

After listening to the Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s introduction, the elders of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe immediately became a chaotic mess.

Thirty-one elders captured.

This had only happened in the history of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe when they were still weak.

They never expected such a terrifying turn of events to arise just when the Tree-Dwelling Tribe finally had the chance to unify the super star cluster.

“No matter what, the Great Elder and the others definitely need to be rescued.”

The Second Elder of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe spoke up.

The barriers fell slightly silent.

All the elders silently nodded.

This was an unquestionable choice.

No matter what Yi Chen needed these resources and treasures for, and no matter how much these resources and treasures would enhance Yi Chen’s and the Great Flame Empire’s strength,

as long as they could ensure that the thirty-one elders were only heavily injured and that their strength realm would not be affected, they must be rescued.

Otherwise, the impact on the top-tier combat power of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe would be enormous.

“Furthermore…”

The Second Elder hesitated for a moment and then said helplessly, “What is most important right now is how we should treat the strongest member of humanity and the Great Flame Empire.”

The elders remained silent.

This was indeed what troubled them.

Not only the Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe couldn’t figure it out, but they also couldn’t understand.

The growth speed of the strongest member of humanity was just too fast.

Now, he had reached a level where he could capture more than thirty Tree-Dwelling Tribe elders at once.

When the other party was extremely weak, they couldn’t even capture or control him; now, there was even less hope.

And with that strongest member of humanity’s talent, the consequence of not being able to control him was continuous growth and strengthening.

Even if he still couldn’t be compared to the Tree-Dwelling Tribe right now, given time, he could likely surpass the three dominant races and become the most likely force to unify the entire super star cluster.

They could not let him and the Great Flame Empire continue to develop like this.

But conversely, what could the Tree-Dwelling Tribe use to suppress the other party?

“Perhaps we should let the chairman of the human federation and the high-ranking leaders also join the meeting.”

A Tree-Dwelling Tribe elder suddenly suggested.

The other elders stared at him in astonishment.

But soon, they all understood.

If they could not suppress the strongest member of humanity and the Great Flame Empire, maybe they could try to ally with them and sign an alliance pact.

And the human federation would be the best communication bridge.

After all, both parties belonged to humanity.

“I’m afraid that won’t work!”

The head of the foreign affairs department, who was also the Ninth Elder of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, said helplessly, “As far as I know, the strongest member of humanity’s resentment toward the human federation is likely deeper than his resentment toward us. Letting the human federation act as a bridge would be counterproductive.”

“The only difference is that since they are both of humanity, the strongest member of humanity won’t take out his anger on the children of the human federation.”

“Since that’s the case, the only option left is to unite with the Time Tribe and the Reincarnation Tribe to jointly suppress the strongest member of humanity and the Great Flame Empire.”

The Second Elder of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe frowned and said, “Compared to the Time Tribe and the Reincarnation Tribe, although the Great Flame Empire is currently weaker, it poses the greatest threat.”

The elders nodded in agreement.

“Let’s first find the high-ranking leaders of the human federation to see the thoughts of the strongest member of humanity before making a decision!”

Seeing that the gazes of the other elders shifted toward him, waiting for his decision, the Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe pondered for a moment before making his decision.

“At the same time, to avoid extended delays, let’s quickly assess and organize the resources and treasures related to the ransom.”

The elders nodded without speaking.

For now, they could only take it one step at a time.